UC Santa Cruz |

UC Santa Cruz-based survey uses AI to spot explosive stellar death by black hole

Machine learning enables real-time detection of fleeting anomalies before they fade away.
UCLA |

UCLA research helped pave the way to these 8 major cancer-fighting drugs

UCLA’s cancer research has been deeply impactful, with millions of people receiving drugs and therapies developed in Bruin labs.
UC Berkeley |

Is the ‘love hormone,’ oxytocin, also the ‘friendship hormone’?

A new study suggests a role for oxytocin in both the “approach” and “avoid” sides of maintaining friendships.
UC Merced |

Mexican American millennials link success to providing for parents, study shows

The one idea that none of the respondents questioned was that of taking care of your parents, professor Daisy Verduzco Reyes says.
UC San Diego |

How can visual artists protect their work from AI crawlers? It’s complicated

Most artists don’t have access to the tools that would allow them to block AI crawlers. And if they do have access, artists don’t know how to use these tools, according to a new study from UC San Diego.
UC San Diego |

Photographing ‘All the Sharks’ leads to victory

A Q&A with Scripps Oceanography scientist Brendan Talwar
UCLA |

Ph.D. student pens heartfelt appeal for research funding, building a student-led campaign for science

Graduate student Erin Morrow is spending her summer break campaigning for the McClintock Letters.
UC Irvine |

Researchers find combination of natural compounds for brain cleaning

The treatment removes harmful protein buildup associated with Alzheimer’s disease.
UC Newsroom |

‘Miracle’ medicine, based in federally funded science, arrived just in time to save his life

Millions of people are alive today because of leukemia therapies that arose from UC research, including retired Army Major Melvin Mann.
UC Merced |

Tiny artificial cells can keep time, study finds

Their findings shed light on how biological clocks stay on schedule despite the inherent molecular noise inside cells.
UCLA |

Underpaying and overusing our roads: The true cost of driving

From how we park to driving the 405, UCLA Luskin’s Mike Manville is challenging how we think about traffic, housing and fairness.
UC Berkeley |

Is a second ‘Mona Lisa’ still special? What about the thousandth?

In a small village in China, artists create replicas of famous works of art. After spending six years there, UC Berkeley Professor Winnie Wong’s ideas of art and those who make it dramatically changed.